BEC raises £400,000 for New Community Solar – Help Us get to £1/2 MILLION!
Last week Brighton Energy Coop hit a major target – we've raised just over £400,000 for our new solar builds. A big welcome to all our new members – nearly 100 people - and also thanks to those members who have increased your existing investments. We couldn't do this...
VIDEO: 250kWp new Community Owned solar at Ore Valley College
Recently completed BEC Community Solar at Ore Valley College near Hastings, 250kWp
Feed in Tariffs Scrapped – but BEC Gets Exemptions at THIRTY New Solar Sites
There's been a lot of talk about the end of the solar subsidy known as Feed in Tariffs (FITs). For eight years FITs were the basis on which nearly 1 million UK buildings installed solar panels. In March 2019 FITs were summarily scrapped. This, many posited, meant UK...
The Guardian view on fracking: the end can’t come soon enough
From The Guardian Launching a new fossil fuel industry was a bad idea, and a coalition of localists and environmentalists appears close to defeating it Less than four months after what was supposed to be a new beginning for fracking in England, when Cuadrilla resumed...
1/4 MILLION Raised for New Community Solar in Brighton!
This is community energy in action! #SolarForSchools Well it's been quite a ride over Christmas and New Year! Since we launched our latest series of community-owned solar PV projects we've raised £258,000 – and built one: 60kWp of new community-owned solar PV at Grand...
£75,000 Raised in a Week! Join BEC and Help us Build New Solar
#communityenergy in action! Yesterday work began installing a 60kWp solar system at the @uniofbrighton #grandparade site - here's the framing that will hold the #solar panels in place. Find out details of all our solar projects - https://t.co/kUeSQWtF8N...
Revealed: New Solar on Three Schools and a University – join BEC to Make it Happen!
Carden Primary School - 180kWp of new community-owned solar planned for the new year Hi folks, I'm very pleased to say that we've just launched the latest of our new community-funded solar projects. We've been beavering away for the last six months to get these great...
UK Fracking Makes No Money and Never Will – Here’s Why
The UK government is intent on removing planning permission requirements surrounding fracking. Yet with Energy Minister Claire Perry demanding a "line of sight to commerciality", evidence from the US shows fracking almost never makes any money. The Economist put it...
Ditching Feed in Tariffs is Premature: Demand Energy Minister Change Course
There's little time left before the end of the feed in tariffs scheme. And here's the straight truth: scrapping feed in tariffs in March will bring UK solar to a juddering halt. That's why I'm asking you to write to your MP. Tell them that instead of binning FITs,...
Grand Parade Solar – new community energy at the University of Brighton
Grand Parade Solar - new community energy at the University of Brighton This November Brighton Energy Coop is again teaming up with a major Brighton institution to deliver clean energy to the heart of the city - this time installing solar power at the University of...
Govt Kills Off Export Tariff; New Solar Unviable after Grid Access barred
April 2019 update - BEC secures exemptions to the end of FITs at THIRTY sites See here for details July 2018: The Government is proposing to bar solar generators' access to the national grid, by killing off the export tariff, a mechanism via which solar owners sell...
Cost of Solar Panels will fall by 35% in 2018 – Bloomberg
Solar panel cost will fall by 35% this year, according to business advisory service Bloomberg. In Europe, the average solar panel price has already fallen by 10%; with suppliers and contractors predicting further price falls ahead. Bloomberg base their numbers on vast...
Up to FIFTY Brighton and Hove Schools to go Solar with Brighton Energy Coop
Solar for Schools is an initiative offering free solar panels to Brighon and Hove schools, Brighton Energy Coop recently signed a contract with Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) so that - as a local community energy organisation - we can provide solar for schools...
Community Solar for Littlehampton Toolmaker Naiad Plastics
Community energy notched up another victory today with the announcement that Littlehampton toolmaker Naiad Plastics will be Brighton Energy Coop's next community-owned solar PV build. Naiad, a manufacturing company who make injection mouldings and precision...
Brighton area has 9400 Solar Installations – Govt figures
Recent figures show that the BN postcode area has been kicking out solar PV capacity. More than 9435 buildings across the BN area now have solar. That's around 36MW of clean solar power Brighton Energy Coop owns 3.3% of our region's solar capacity (with 1.35MW) - our...
Since 2010 we’ve raised over £3M, have 600 members and have built 63 sites
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“None of this would be possible without you.
BEC isn’t backed by venture capitalists or private equity, pension funds or fossil fuel companies. The only money we get is from you, our Members.
The £3 million we’ve raised to date is purely community investment.
We’ve no debt, and 80% of the money is from Brighton itself.
This is community energy in action!”
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